With Halloween just around the corner, there could be no better time than now to know what spots made it to the most haunted places in the US list. Here are two of them:
The Mysterious Winchester House in San Jose, California
According to Fox News, the pleasant, colorful façade and manicured front lawn of this house belie the dark mysteries moving behind its old Victorian walls. Endless hallways, staircases that lead nowhere and doors that reveal walls once opened are just a few of the spooky aspects that explain why it was hailed as one of the most haunted places in the US. The rich widow of William Wirt Winchester, Sarah Winchester, built the 160-room ancestral mansion.
She built the house after consulting a spiritual advisor following the tragic deaths of her husband daughter who both succumbed to illnesses. The advisor told her that a horrible curse had befallen the Winchester family because they manufacture rifles. According to her, the souls of those who died by the guns they made will continue to haunt them unless she continuously builds a house to appease their anger.
And that was exactly what Sarah did. The house was continuously under construction 24/7, getting larger each time, within a span of 38 years until her passing. At present visitors who walk the halls of the mansion will find the unfortunate number 13 featured on its design, reported Fox News.
Lincoln Square Theater in Decatur, Illinois
The Decatur theater, which opened in 1916, is one of the most haunted places in the US featured by Travel and Leisure. The land on which it was built used to be the site for two edifices before it: another theater and a hotel. Uncannily, both were razed to the ground. Rumor has it the spirits of those who perished in the fires haunted the theater.
Another scary tale involved a one-armed specter identified as Red. Based on legend, he fell to his death from a catwalk hoisted just over the stage. But as it turned out the story was not entirely true. He did die in the premises, but not from the catwalk. Instead he passed away in his sleep.
After his death, people started reporting unusual incidents that involved seats moving by themselves, cold spots without any drafts and spotting his ghost walking along the catwalk. To this day, the theater is operational. But aside from showing films, at times, they also permit overnight ghost hunting escapades, reported Travel and Leisure.
